Principal Archaeologist/Cultural Resources Program Manager

About the job

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

Arcadis is seeking an experienced Principal Archaeologist/Cultural Resources Program Manager to take on a leadership role within the cultural resources practice in the Pacific Northwest. This position will include leading client development as well as project delivery. In this role, you will support a growing cultural resources team focused on client deliverables while identifying opportunities for additional team expansion and growth. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience in business development, project management, facilitating cross-team collaboration, and ensuring operational excellence in fast-paced environments.

Role accountabilities:

As a Principal Cultural Resources Program Manager, you will play a critical role in identifying and securing business and overseeing cultural resource projects throughout the Pacific Northwest. You will be responsible for building and maintaining client relationships, leveraging existing networks to identify new opportunities. This will include leading pursuits with proposal development, scope preparation, and cost estimation. You will participate in industry networking events and market-facing activities to enhance Arcadis’ presence and identify new business opportunities. This role requires frequent client engagement with an emphasis on building and maintaining strong relationships through regular client engagement and in-person meetings.

You will manage large, client-specific programs and their associated projects, ensuring high-quality deliverables and best practices for cultural resources work. You will be the client point of contact and be responsible for overall technical and financial performance of projects, including project management responsibilities for scope, schedule, cost, quality, risk, and change. Working closely with internal account management teams you will ensure client expectations are met, contract requirements are being upheld, and lead and drive the development of a programmatic process to ensure consistent deliverable quality, streamline team communications, and align processes across projects. You will leverage your technical and business knowledge to develop creative, effective, and economical solutions to address project challenges. You will play a key role on our cultural resources team, collaborating with project managers, program managers, and directors as part of an interdisciplinary environmental team.

The client development aspect represents 65% of this role. The program and project delivery aspect represents 35% of this role. This may include managing projects, directing

teams, providing QA/QC, or other tasks. Both internal and external travel will be required, estimated at 10-15%. This role requires achieving an initial sales target of $500,000+ in the first nine-months, with expectations for growth and increased goals each subsequent year.

This position will require a candidate to work collaboratively with a diverse team. Arcadis offers a flexible working environment and follows a hybrid work structure. A successful candidate can expect to work remotely and from the office, as needed, based on demands of project and client teams.

Qualifications & Experience:

Required:

· 12 years of experience in cultural resources management, with expertise in client delivery and business development

· Expertise managing cultural resource projects, technical teams, schedules/budgets, and the delivery of high-quality work products

· Expertise in business development, including sourcing of project opportunities, networking at industry events and associations, and building a system of external partners and sub-consultants

· Experience working with both internal and external clients

· Bachelor’s degree in archaeology or a related field

· Strong understanding of federal, state, and local cultural resource regulations (NEPA, NHPA Section 106, etc.)

Preferred:

· Master’s degree in archaeology or a related field

· Specific expertise in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada (or similar western states) at the PI level

· Familiarity with GIS software and archaeological data analysis tools

· Established relationships with Pacific Northwest regulatory agencies and key stakeholders

· Active participation in professional organizations related to cultural resources

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity employer. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part-time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement.  We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $110,592 - $20,880.

Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.

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Additional Information

• Job Identification: 45361
• Job Category: Environmental Services
• Posting Date: 2026-10-21
• Job Schedule: Full time
• Locations: 1420 5th Avenue, Suite 2400, Seattle, WA, 98101, US (Hybrid)